If i was you, I would dial "611" (AT&T Customer Support) on my iPhone and report the text to AT&T. They will investigate it. I reported a telemarketer to them once and they investigated it. It's no cost to you. You might as well call AT&T and report it.

If i was you, I would dial "611" (AT&T Customer Support) on my iPhone and report the text to AT&T. They will investigate it. I reported a telemarketer to them once and they investigated it. It's no cost to you. You might as well call AT&T and report it.

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Why? If he has his AIM set to forward as text - AT&T isn't responsible for anything.

If you're logged into AIM - once in awhile you get solicitation IMs. Yes - you can and should report them to AOL.

If you're getting random txt messages in general (not from AIM) that's a different matter.

Replying *anything* only confirms to them that this is a real phone number. The "choice" to opt out is an illusion.

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Uh, seriously? I used to have the AIM app and received IM's as text messages and it looked like this. Obviously, anyone could retype the whole "a to accept, etc." thing but AIM sends it's IM's like this.

That's when somebody Texted you from their computer using AIM, or if you had messages forwarded to you.

It's no spam. If you say you want to recieve it, it'll send you another text saying the actual message. The choice is there because it lets you see the username of the other person. If it's somebody you know, accept it, if it's not, I'd accept it, but whatever floats your boat.

Not spam.
You can send someone a txt on their phone from AIM by sending a message to their phone number, preceded by a + symbol. That is what the first message looks like when the recipient receives it. All others (from that single sender) will come through as normal if the recipient accepts the first one.

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